The Unlikely Duo

Chloe loved hanging out with Jessica, but ever since the party, she's been... nervous, too. Not that there was really anything to be nervous about right now - the two were just sitting in Jessica's dorm room and working on their homework together. They both had advanced math, and worked best together.

She looked up at Jessica, who was deep in thought pondering some math question or other. She was a beautiful girl - almost six feet tall, with pale skin, dark eyes and hair, and a cute smile. And, though Chloe tried not to think about them, she had great tits, large and - Chloe blushed to remember - firm. The silver pentacle and the v-neck t-shirt, however, made it hard for her to pull her eyes away.

Jessica noticed her looking, and looked up. "Everything okay there? You seem a little far away”

Chloe fought hard not to go beet red at the question. “Yeah, I’m fine, sorry. Just a bit tired, I think. Set Theory is taking it out of me.”

Jessica’s eyebrows narrowed for a moment. “Are you sure? You can talk to me, babygirl.”

Chloe knew Jessica called everyone babygirl, that she was just being friendly, but still - no one else called her babygirl. It was enough to break through her valiant effort, and she knew her face was turning red, no matter how hard she fought it.

Her friend’s expression softened as she saw the blush, and she gave Chloe a gentle smile. “Is this about what happened the other night?”

Chloe took a deep breath before responding. “I…” she started, but stopped. What was there to say? I was looking at your tits and thinking about how firm they were? She could never say that. I’m not into girls? Somehow, she doubted Jessica would believe her. She looked helplessly into her friend’s eyes, and just that look made her feel woozy.

“Let me get you some water,” Jessica said, still smiling. She rose, and immediately stumbled. Startled from her confusion and awkwardness, Chloe nearly lept out of her chair to catch her friend, but she stumbled too. The two of them grabbed each other, falling into an unplanned hug as the floor tipped towards them.

They never hit it.

AT THE HANGING GARDENS OF BABYLON!

Joanna watched anxiously as the two girls emerged, side by side, her mind racing. She knew both these girls, of course, but why were they being introduced together? If you had asked her an hour ago, Joanna wouldn't even be sure if they knew each other or not. It was strange, seeing them together, two very different people from different parts of her life. She'd known Jess since high middle school, and the girl was one of the constants in her life. Her first time drinking had been with Jess, they'd done each other’s hair for prom. When Jess’ first boyfriend had dumped her, Joanna was her shoulder to cry on, and when Joanna had found Theo, she'd been more worried about Jess' opinion than her parents’.

Her eyes fluttered over to Chloe. Theo had brought her to Miriam's DND game, and they had a casual friendship, but they weren't close. What was it Ishtar had said? “Hot for teach, or at least her student instructor?”

Her eyes ran over the girl again. She was certainly pretty, in a girl-next-door way, with long, blonde hair and bright blue eyes. She wasn't wearing anything special, just a simple cardigan over a white t-shirt, but even so, the shirt clung to her curves and showed off her shapely physique. Joanna knew she'd been a cheerleader, and the practice definately showed - her skinny jeans showed off a perfect little bubble butt and continued down her long, well-trained legs. Joanna felt a pang of envy for the pretty girl as she thought back to their Dungeons and Dragons games. Had Chloe been flirting with her Master? She didn’t think so, but the girl did seem to remember the rules best whenever Theo explained them. A ploy for attention, or was Theo just better at explaining things?

While Joanna's mind raced through the possibilities, the show continued. The two girls walked forward, as perplexed and confused as every other contestant had been, and both their eyes went wide at the sight of Ishtar. The goddess gave the girls a passing critical look, and waved her hand dismissively.

The transformation ended almost before it started, the clothes writhing and changing, dressing the girls according to Ishtar's whims. Chloe's clothes settled first, a tight, objectifying version of a cheerleader outfit. Her jeans had been replaced with a mini-skirt short enough to show her thong if she bent over, and her only other clothes were her white shoes and a top so tiny and tight her tits were on the verge of falling out.

Next to her, Jessica's clothes settled into a quite different costume - a short black dress with black and purple lace and frills, attached to a black corset which pushed up her sizable bust into a nearly obscene cleavage. The silver pendant remained, the pentacle making her role as “witch” quite clear.

“Much better, I think,” said Ishtar, taking a moment to admire her own handiwork before giving the two girls the same spiel as everyone else, with just as much flair and showmanship.

“But the audience is already bored of hearing that speech, I'm sure, so tell me a bit about yourselves! Why don't we start with you, Chloe?”

Ishtar flashed the terrified girl a smile as she held out her microphone, and the words came tumbling out of Chloe.

“Well, I'm Chloe Masters, first year philosophy student. I'm not sure what else to say, really - in my free time, I volunteer at the local soup kitchen and work on ‘in times of need,’ the book I've been working on since I was 16. I've also gotten into Dungeons and Dragons lately. As for Theo, well, he's just my cute student instructor and a guy in my DND game, and he's got a girlfriend, so it's not like I'm going to try to steal him or anything, no matter how much I want him.”

Her words were casual, as if chatting to a friend, but her mortification was obvious.

Down on the chairs, Theo sighed quietly. He'd been worried about something like this, but he trusted Chloe to be an adult, and handle her own emotions. To her credit, she had never flirted with him openly, or shown any signs of jealousy towards Joanna.

“As for my sex life, well, I've been saving myself until I meet someone who I really love. I thought that was my boyfriend in senior year, but I found him getting his cock sucked by my friend a few days before prom, so that went nowhere. As for salacious details, well, last week at a party, I might've had a martini or two and ended up having a hot make out session with the cutie here.”

“Well isn't that just adorable? Go take your seat with the others, darling.”

With that, Chloe's body moved on its own, walking down towards the arranged chairs, though her eyes darted wildly between the other girls. They landed on Theo, but then looked away almost immediately. She couldn't bear to face him dressed like this, and the humiliation of spilling all her secrets burned in her.

Up by the entrance, Ishtar flashed Jessica a winning smile, holding out her microphone to the pale beauty.

“And how about you, Jessica? Let the viewers at home know a little about you, if you please.”

“Well, what's there to know? I'm a math student, and I'm a practicing witch - I make some extra money on the side selling crystals and homemade spell candles on Etsy. As for Theo, I'm just just a friend of a friend, really. I've been friends with his girlfriend for ages, and I've hung out with them at parties and been over for drinks and boardgames before.”

The girl seemed just as perplexed as everyone else had been, but as her eyes ran over Ishtar, hints of something else flickered in her face. Awe, maybe. Or wonder, or admiration, or worship - but whatever it was, it was tinged with terror.

“As for when I last got laid, that was, what, about a month ago? I brought this hot girl back home after a date, but the ghosted me a few days later when I told her I was Bi, not just Lesbian. As for most salacious…”

She stopped, pausing for effect as if to draw out her thought. There was a smirk in her voice, but slowly dawning horror on her face.

“Well, I did convince my last boyfriend to do a sex ritual with me as an offering to Aphrodite. We made a circle in the woods, and I had him anoint me with sacred oils before riding him hard, offering up our passion to the goddess, and praising her when he emptied himself in me.”

“Aphrodite, Huh? I suppose you could do worse,” Ishtar replied.

She dismissed the awestruck girl with a wave of her hand, and her legs carried her to the chairs on the green.

Unlike many of the others, though, the main emotion playing across her face was not mortification or embarrassment - though those emotions were there too - but awe and wonder, mixed with confusion. Her eyes scanned across theo and the other girls, and she slowly realized exactly who she was in this with.

With all contestants at the stage and seated, Ishtar turned - seemingly to the empty air - and spoke into her microphone.

“So that’s our bright young contestants for this season of HAREM HOTEL! What a fun little mix of minxes! Now it’s time to get our fine contestants - and their Master - up to speed on the rules of this wonderful show. And don’t worry - there’s going to be a few surprises even for returning viewers!”